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Meghna Bal - Women's Golf - Kansas Jayhawks

Meghna Bal

Class Junior
Hometown New Delhi, India
High School Saddle Brook Prepatory HS
bio

As a senior (2010-11)

Named to the Academic All-Big 12 team for the third year in a row … Named to the National Golf Coaches Association All-America Scholar Team (NGCA) for the second time … Competed in the Kansas lineup in all 11 events … Averaged 76.88 strokes per round … Recorded her best finish at the Claud Jacobs Invitational, tying for third after shooting a 54-hole 227 … Tied for fourth at Chip-N Club Inivational in Nebraska … Tied for sixth at the Marilynn Smith Invitational … Shot a 229 at the Johnie Imes Invitational at Missouri to tie for 36th … Tied for 24th at Price[apos]s [quote]Give `Em Five[quote] Intercollegiate with a 54-hole 226 … Carded a 228 to tie for 35th place at the Palmetto Intercollegiate … Tied for 50th at the Sir Pizza Cards Challenge … Fired a 234 at the MountainView Collegiate to tie for 75th … tied for 77th at Ole Miss Rebel Intercollegiate … Shot a 236 to tie for 42nd at Baylor Spring Invitational … Tied for 28th at the Big 12 Championship behind a season-best 224.

As a junior (2009-2010)

Named to the Academic All-Big 12 team for the second year in a row … Averaged 77.50 strokes per round … Opened the spring season with a 237 to tie for 81st at the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic … Led the team to a fifth-place finish at the Duramed/Rio Verde Collegiate, where she fired a 229 and tied for 15th … Chipped in a 231at the Northern Migration Invite to tie for 29th … Tied for 54th at the Ole Miss Rebel Intercollegiate with a 231 … Closed out the year with a 232 at the Big 12 Championship, which tied her for 30th … Opened the fall season at Nebraska[apos]s Chip-N Club Invitational, where she shot a 238 and tied for 48th … Tied for 33rd as she competed as an individual at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational … Fired a 237 at the Johnie Imes Invitational to tie for 45th … Led the Jayhawks with her career-best performance of a 219 that tied for sixth-place at NMSU Price[apos]s [apos]Give [apos]Em Five[apos] Intercollegiate… Closed out the fall campaign with a 229 that tied for 34th at the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate.

As a sophomore (2008-2009)

Named to the Academic All-Big 12 team … Named to the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) All-American Scholar Team … Averaged 78.71 on the season … Had four top-20 finishes on the season … Opened the spring season with a 57th-place finish at the Central District Invitational … Carded a 225 at the Duramed Collegiate Invitational at Rio Verde, good enough to tie for 10th … Shot a one-round score of 83 to tie for 79th at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic … Tied for 47th with a 250 at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic … Fired a 242 at the Lady Buckeye Invitational to tie for 56th … Tied for 41st at the Big 12 Championship with a 242 … Opened the fall season with a 30th-place finish at the Chip-N Club Invitational with a three-round total 231 … Finished in 30th with a 236 at the Jayhawks[apos] home tournament, the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational … Tied for 14th at the Johnie Imes Invitational after posting a 228 … Finished with a three-round total of 238 to tie for 32nd at the McHaney/Audrey Morehead Invitational … Shot a season-low 224 to finish 12th at The Derby.

As a freshman (2007-2008)

Qualified for Athletic Director[apos]s honor roll … Averaged a 77.86 on the season … Placed second among KU golfers in five of 11 tournaments … Opened the spring season by finishing in a tie for 34th at the Qdoba Collegiate Championships with a three-round score of 234 … Finished with a final score of 149 at the Kitahara Invitational to tie for 13th place … Tied for 81st with a final score of 174 at the Betsy Rawls Invitational … Finished with a three-round total 228 to tie for 43rd at the Mountain View Collegiate… Fired a sub-par 71 in the final round of the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic to tie for 17th with a final score of 225 … Tied for 38th with a final score of 250 at the Big 12 Championship in Stillwater, Okla. … Earned three top-30 finishes during the fall … Made her debut as a Jayhawk at Nebraska[apos]s Chip-N Club Invitational, where she placed 29th after shooting a 234 … Fired a third-round score of 73 to tie for 36th with a score of 234 at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate … Carded consecutive rounds of 74 and 75 for a 149 total at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational, to tie for seventh place … Tied for 23rd place with a score of 229 at Price[apos]s [apos]Give `Em Five[apos] Intercollegiate … Concluded the fall season by firing a one-over-par 72 in the third round at the UA-Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate to launch her into a tie for 54th place.

High School

Two-time letterwinner at Saddle Brook Prepartory HS in Wesley Chapel, Fla. … Coached under the direction of Mark Kirschey … Member of the District and Regional Championship teams in 2004-05 … A 2005 FIGA Tournament honoree … Named Saddle Brook HS Golfer of the Year in 2004-05 … 2007 Indian National Amateur Champion … Represented India at the Asian Games, where she finished 11-under-par in the four-day event … President of National Honor society at Saddle Brook HS.

Personal

Born Meghna Bal in New Delhi, India … Daughter of Rajiv and Raka Bal … Majoring in economics… Aspires to be a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour after college.